Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-27

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customs has said that though bred wild
on the heaths, the ''shelties," as the
ponies are sometimes called, can be
tanned in one night. The hunter,
throwing his lasso with skill, secures a
frisky colt, and for twenty-four hours
keeps him prisoner. The small Great
ure hears no other voice than his mas
ter's; the hunter feeds and caresses him,
and gradually the terrible restlessness
subsidies. Hereafter he becomes a do
Gle, affectionate burden-bearer and
companion. He needs no stable, and
has happy faculty of enjoying what
ever he finds to eat. A dun-colored
'sheltie" of exquisite symmetry, seen
by tourist, could stand under a din
ing-table, and little lady could seat
herself upon its back without liftin g
her feet from the ground. They are
favorites for the saddle, and many are
sent to other countries for the pleasure
of ladies and children.
Nearly all Shetlanders can read and
write, and are scrupulously attentive to
the simple religious services of their
church
As everywhere else in the world, SUI
perstitions have crept in among these
supplemented islanders, and are
handed down from one generation to
another. Notably is that called ''cured
by the coin.' For the scrofula moth
ing is regarded as so efficacious as ''the
touch of royal hand.' AS a substi-
tute, a few crowns Or half-crowns of
the coinage of Charles l., carefully
handed down from father to son, are
accepted as effectual.-Harper's Bazaar.
AN AMERICAN TRAIT.
Tha ckerays Experience With One of the
| Once Famous 'Bowery Boys
| In the United States the absence of
that segregation of the various grades
of society which exist in Europe is
evinced by the habits and manners of
the masses in that country. If the ma
tional independence of character be oc-
casionally pushed too far and degener-
ates into offensive self-assertion, at
least it prevents any approach to SER
Witty. No inequality of position or
circumstances will induce a native of
any of the Mort hern States to submit
to being dealt with in the manner or
spoken to in the tone which in England
the man in broadcloth too often adopts,
as a matter of course, toware the man
III fustian. The late Sidney Godolphin
Osborne used to relate how, once, a re-
spectacle artizan said to HIM: Il like
you,my Lord; there is nothing of the gen.
tleman about you" The meaning of
the speaker was undoubtedly that Lord
| Osborne did not treat him in the
patronizing manner that members Of
the higher class usually address those
whom they regard as their social in
| feriors. Now, no one perhaps has a
keener appreciation of the advantages
| of wealth and education than the
| American; but that the possessor of
| them should feel himself justified in
using toward the man who lacks these
| advantageous gifts the language of a
superior to an inferior is what he can
not understand and which he will not
for one moment put up with.
An anecdote Thackeray used to re-
late of an experience of his when in the
| United States well illustrates the trait
of the people. While in New Y DIRK he
expressed to a friend desire to see
some of the 'Bowery b'hoys," VIII o, he
munity peculiar to that city. So one
evening he was taken to the Bowery
and he was shown a "b'hoy." The
young man, the business of the day
being over, had changed his attire. He
| wore dress coat. black trousers and
satin waistcoat, while tall hat rested
on the back of his head, which was
adorned with long, well-gre ased hair
known as ''soap-locks' "a style which
the rowdies of that day affected. The
youth was leaning against a lamp-post,
smoking an enormous cigar, and his
| whole aspect was one of ineffable self
satisfaction. The eminent novelist,
after contemplating him for few
| moments with silent admiration, said
to the gentleman by whom he was ac-
companied: This is great and
gorgeous creature!" adding: ''Can I
speak to him without his taking Of
fense?"
Receiving an answer in the affirm
atlVe, Inackeray went up TO the fellow,
on the pretext of asking his way, and
said: '.My good man, want to go to
Broome street,
But the unlucky phrase, my good
man. reused the gall of the individ-
ual spoken to. Instead, therefore, of
affording the information sought, the
'b'h oy''-a diminutive specimen of
humanity, scarcely over five feet in
height-eyeing the tall form of his in
terlocutor askance, answered the query
in the sense that his permission had
been asked for the speaker to visit the
locality in question, and he said, patron
izingly: "Well, sonny, yer kin go thar
When Thackeray subsequently re-
lated the incident he laughingly de-
clared that he was so disconnected by
the unexpected response that he had
not the courage to continue the dia-
| logue.- Chambers Journal.
WINTER DAIRYING.
| Some Reasons in Favor of Keeping Cows
in Milk During Cold Weather.
1t is claimed by some that COWS give
more milk when winter dairying is
practiced than when summer dairying
| is followed. It is easier to keep up the